The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀντίος“opposed”
- English todayantiopelmous
From Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposed”) + πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposed”) + πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.